Tire-armor.



R. W. DAVID.

ma ARMOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3l' 195- 19148.504. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l COLUMIIMPLANOGBAPH Co., WASHINGTON. D. C.

R. W. DAVID.

TIRE ARMOR.

APPLICATION man MAR.31.1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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.r igs.i2 and 6. The thus arranged united sections 5 and 7, of the tire can thus be quickly placed-next to the inner tube 3 and the shoe readilyV then applied and the tire brought thereby into a condition for 1- immediate use, Without the tire being provided ivithmetal reinforcing means, in the provision of an armored tire to render such puncture-proof. The arrangement of the tire Fig. 6, is the saine as already fully explained, save that instead of the Working faceiof the inner tube 3 being provided with an interposed flexible mat, as in Figs. l and 2,y the inner tube is made thicker on the vWorking face as at 15 to provide a surface fof resiliency between such and the upper face of the sectionalmember 5.

The united sections 5 and 7, constituting the armoring unit is slipped to place ivith thetivo extremities meeting or joining as at 1i for example, in the manner as shown in Fig. 4, and the shoe 2, is then caused to embrace the same to assume the required positipn, as clearly illustrated in Figs. l, 2 an '6.

,Having thus described the nature and objects ,0f my invention, What I .Claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is kl. An armored tire comprising a member composed of cotton fiber and consisting of sections, eachhaving a perforated lug or projection, a cushioning member having recesses to receive Ythe lugs or projections of ysaid sections and said cushioning member having openings in the side Walls thereof, pintles extending throughsaid sections and Walls of said cushioning member, an inner inflated tube and a shoe and said armor forming member interposed between said tube and shoe. Y

An armored tire, comprising a membe composed.ofcotton fiber and consisting of sections, eachghaving a perforatedlug or "projection, a cushioning member having recesses to receive the lugs or projections of said sections and said cushioning member having openings in the side: v valls thereof, pintles extending through said sections and vWalls of said cushioning member, an inner GQPiS 0f this raient maybe. attained foi iniated tube', a flexible mat arranged next to theworliing face of said tube and a shoe and said sectional member providing an armor for the tire interposed between said mat and shoe.

3. tire, comprising an inner iniiated tube, a mat of iiexible material applied to the face of said tube, a member composed of cotton fiber and consisting of sections having perforated overhanging lugs or proj ections, a cushioning member provided with recesses at certain distances apart therein, the lugs or projections of said sectional member fitting said recesses, pintles extending through openings in the Walls lof said cushioning member and the lugs or projections of said sectional members, plugs introduced into the openings and projecting flush with the surface of said cushioning member and a shoe.

4;. A tire, comprising an inner tube, a member composed of cotton fiber and consisting of sections each having a perforated lug or projection in one part, a cushioning member provided with recesses to receive the lugs or projections of said sections and said cushioning member having openings in the Walls thereof, pintles extending through the Walls of said cushioning member and the lugs or projections of said sectional member and a shoe.

5. A tire, comprising an inner tube, a member composed of cotton liber and consisting of sections, each having a lug or projection in one part, a cushioning member having recesses therein to receive the lugs or projections of said sections and certain of the Walls bounding the recesses of said c ushioning member having openings extending therethrough, pintles extending through said openings and the lugs or projections of said sectional member and a shoe.

yIn Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two sul seribing Witnesses.

- ROBERT W. DAVID. Witnesses:

THOMAs M. SMrrrr, Rosie E. SMlTH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of '.Patents.

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